Genus of flowering plants
Origanum syriacum
Origanum ( oh-RIG -ə-nəm [ 3] ) is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae . They are native to Europe , North Africa , and much of temperate Asia , where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. A few species also naturalized in scattered locations in North America and other regions.[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The plants have strongly aromatic leaves and abundant tubular flowers with long-lasting coloured bracts. The genus includes the important group of culinary herbs : marjoram (Origanum majorana ) and oregano (Origanum vulgare ).[ 7] [ 8]
With their decorative bracts, Origanum species and cultivars are used as ornamental plants in the garden. The cultivars 'Kent Beauty'[ 9] and 'Rosenkuppel'[ 10] have received the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit .
Origanum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Coleophora albitarsella .
Species [ 2]
Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. – Turkey, Iraq
Origanum × adanense Baser & H.Duman – Turkey (O. bargyli × O. laevigatum)
Origanum × adonidis Mouterde – Lebanon (O. libanoticum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum akhdarense Ietsw. & Boulos – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum amanum Post – Hatay region of Turkey
Origanum × barbarae Bornm. – Lebanon (O. ehrenbergii × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum bargyli Mouterde – Turkey, Syria
Origanum bilgeri P.H.Davis - Antalya region of Turkey
Origanum boissieri Ietsw. – Turkey
Origanum calcaratum Juss. – Greece
Origanum compactum Benth. - Spain, Morocco
Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel – Cyprus
Origanum cyrenaicum Bég. & Vacc. – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum dayi Post – Israel
Origanum dictamnus L. – hop marjoram, Cretan dittany, dittany of Crete – endemic to Crete
Origanum × dolichosiphon P.H.Davis – Seyhan region of Turkey (O. amanum × O. laevigatum)
Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss. – Lebanon
Origanum elongatum (Bonnet) Emb. & Maire – Morocco
Origanum floribundum Munby – Algeria
Origanum × haradjanii Rech.f – Turkey (O. laevigatum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum haussknechtii Boiss. – Turkey
Origanum husnucan-baseri H.Duman, Aytac & A.Duran – Turkey
Origanum hypericifolium O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis – Turkey
Origanum × intercedens Rech.f. – Greece, Turkey (O. onites × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum × intermedium P.H.Davis – Denizli region of Turkey (O. onites × O. sipyleum)
Origanum isthmicum Danin – Sinai
Origanum jordanicum Danin & Kunne – Jordan
Origanum laevigatum Boiss. – Turkey, Syria, Cyprus
Origanum leptocladum Boiss. - Turkey
Origanum libanoticum Boiss. – Lebanon
Origanum majorana L. – (sweet) marjoram – Turkey, Cyprus; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, North Africa, North + South America
Origanum × lirium Heldr. ex Halácsy – Greece (O. scabrum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum × majoricum Cambess. – hardy sweet marjoram – Spain including Balearic Islands (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. virens)
Origanum microphyllum (Benth.) Vogel – Crete
Origanum × minoanum P.H.Davis - Crete (O. microphyllum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum minutiflorum O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis – Turkey
Origanum munzurense Kit Tan & Sorger – Turkey
Origanum × nebrodense Tineo ex Lojac – Sicily (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. viridulum)
Origanum onites L. – Greece, Turkey, Sicily
Origanum × pabotii Mouterde – Syria (O. bargyli × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum pampaninii (Brullo & Furnari) Ietsw – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum petraeum Danin – Jordan
Origanum punonense Danin – Jordan
Origanum ramonense Danin – Levant
Origanum rotundifolium Boiss. – Turkey, Caucasus
Origanum saccatum P.H.Davis – Turkey
Origanum scabrum Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier – Greece
Origanum sipyleum L. -Turkey, Greek Islands
Origanum solymicum P.H.Davis – Antalya region of Turkey
Origanum symes Carlström – Islands of the Aegean Sea
Origanum syriacum L. – Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Sinai, Saudi Arabia
Origanum vetteri Briq. & Barbey – Crete
Origanum vogelii Greuter & Burdet – Turkey
Origanum vulgare L. – oregano – Europe, North Africa, temperate Asia (Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, etc.); naturalized in parts of North America, New Zealand, Venezuela
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